The Huntress and the Barbarian

For generations, the terror of Ogrom has overshadowed the Hundred Holds. Savage ogres carry off maidens to sate their dark lusts and crush anyone who dares resist. Leaderless and broken, the people cower before the brutes lurking in the dark wilds beyond.

But not everyone has been broken by Ogrom’s might. Deep in the forests, the Order of Ravenswood trains young women to fight back against the ogres. Bound by an oath of chastity, the White Ravens are as dedicated as they are lethal. Trained in the Ravenswood since girlhood, Talin has known only the life of a huntress. When ogres capture a young noblewoman, the White Raven never questions her duty. Alone and outnumbered, Talin sets forth on a desperate quest that will take her deep into the heart of the ogres’ mountain kingdom.

On the Calloch Steppes far to the west, a storied race of barbaric tribesmen fight their own battle against Ogrom. Years ago, Rahm Mondral’s life was shattered when ogres stole the one he loved. Now the nomad warrior roams the foothills of the Stone Teeth, fighting a one-man crusade that can only end in death.

When fate brings Talin and Rahm together, the huge Calloch confirms everything she has ever heard of the barbaric western tribes. Huge, sheathed in muscle, and clad in only a loincloth, Rahm’s unabashed ogling shocks the young woman to her innocent core. Still, he fights with a skill matched only by his recklessness, and Talin knows she can never succeed without his help.

In pursuit of the ogres and their captives, the huntress and the barbarian will cross a wild and dangerous land, but Talin’s biggest challenge isn’t their relentless pace, but her exasperating new traveling companion.

Lustful, brash, and cocky, Rahm makes no secret of his desires. Naive to the ways of love, Talin wavers between infuriated and mortified until she discovers that the uncouth lout hides a noble heart. Then a growing attraction forces her to confront her own doubts about the Oath of Purity she took upon joining the White Ravens.

Torn between duty and temptation, Talin must make an impossible choice. Will she abandon the noblewoman she was sworn to protect, or will she walk away from her first taste of true love?